Experts at GSF elucidate major trends in tackling terrorism

Doha: The African continent continues to grapple with rising terrorist attacks even in the 21st century. The high risk areas such as the Central Sahel...

Doha: The African continent continues to grapple with rising terrorist attacks even in the 21st century. The high-risk areas such as the Central Sahel and West Africa encounter menacing conflict threats, eventually spreading into coastal West African states, according to  delegates speaking at the Global Security Forum (GSF), yesterday, in Doha.

Delegates including Hon. Djibrill Bassolé, former Foreign Minister of Burkina Faso, Idriss Mounir Lalalli, Deputy Director of African Centre for the Study and Research on Terrorism, Dr. Anneli Botha, Extraordinary Professor of Practice, North-West University and Ornella Moderan, Independent Researcher for the Sahel and West Africa, Global Initiative Expert Network addressed the challenges and issues pertaining the region.

The panellists highlighted the major trends impacting the continent like border security and immigration, great power dynamics, energy and resources, and adapting to the latest technology among others.

Hon. Djibrill Bassolé pointed out that the terrorist phenomenon is a concern in the central Sahel region.

He noted that there are three major issues in the pipeline such as ‘who are the protagonists’, ‘where do they operate’, and ‘what are their motivation.’